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Look: Whittaker injured after falling over top rope with opponent

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A fight ended prematurely Saturday after two boxers fell over the top rope and out of the ring.

Near the end of the fifth round on the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol undercard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Liam Cameron was pressing Ben Whittaker up against the ropes as the two men toppled to the mat.

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Whittaker suffered an injury to his right leg and was unable to continue. The referee ruled the injury was "accidental," so the fight went to the scorecards for a technical decision and ended in a split draw.

Whittaker left the arena in a wheelchair and was taken to a hospital, according to DAZN's Chris Mannix.

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Cameron said he believes Whittaker was "100%" looking for a way out of the fight.

"I definitely beat him," Cameron said on the broadcast. "I don't get a fair share. ... I thought I fully deserved it."

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